Open Questions in Scientific Consensus Messaging Research
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21192562 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Asheley R Landrum (0000-0002-3074-804X, Texas Tech University, corresponding author), Matthew H Slater (0000-0003-1982-2656, Bucknell University) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 1033-1046 |
| Publication date | 2020-11-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1752-4032 • E-ISSN: 1752-4040 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17524032.2020.1776746 |
| OpenAlex | W3034887089 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 63 |
In recent years, there has been considerable interest in studying and using scientific consensus messaging strategies to influence public opinion. Researchers disagree, sometimes vociferously, about how to examine the potential influence of consensus messaging, debating one another publicly and privately. In this essay, we take a step back and focus on some of the important questions that scholars might consider when researching scientific consensus messaging. Hopefully, reflecting on these questions will help researchers better understand the reasons for the different points of debate and improve the work moving forward
Data science · Engineering ethics · Political science · Public relations · Scientific consensus · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Computer Science · Engineering · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence
The Human Right to Science
A temperature check on climate communication
Reporting on Science as an Ongoing Process (or Not)
Not out of MY bank account! Science messaging when climate change policies carry personal financial costs
Public Conceptions of Scientific Consensus
The Role of Trust in Communicating Scientific Consensus and the Environmental Benefits of Genetically Engineered Crops
Climate Change Consensus Messages May Cause Reactance in Conservatives, But There is No Meta-Analytic Evidence That They Backfire
Polarized U.S. publics, Pope Francis, and climate change
When experts matter
Using a News Article to Convey Climate Science Consensus Information
A Widening Gap
The gateway belief model
Descriptive norms as an additional predictor in the theory of planned behaviour
The theory of planned behavior
Beyond Counting Climate Consensus
Examining the Impact of Expert Voices
Psychological Reactance From Reading Basic Facts on Climate Change
The Differential Susceptibility to Media Effects Model
It’s not my consensus
“Counting votes” in public responses to scientific disputes
In consensus we trust? Persuasive effects of scientific consensus communication
Applying the Gateway Belief Model to Genetically Modified Food Perceptions
Social Empiricism
Routledge Handbook of Climate Change and Society
The polarizing impact of science literacy and numeracy on perceived climate change risks
Democracy, Public Policy, and Lay Assessments of Scientific Testimony
Support for climate policy and societal action are linked to perceptions about scientific agreement
The evidence for motivated reasoning in climate change preference formation
Rational Irrationality
Boomerang Effects in Science Communication
Organized Climate Change Denial
Assessing ExxonMobil’s climate change communications (1977–2014)
Quantifying the consensus on anthropogenic global warming in the scientific literature
Consensus on consensus
Highlighting consensus among medical scientists increases public support for vaccines
Perceptions of scientific dissent undermine public support for environmental policy
Do partisanship and politicization undermine the impact of a scientific consensus message about climate change
Network analysis reveals open forums and echo chambers in social media discussions of climate change
Beyond Baron and Kenny
When is consensus knowledge based? Distinguishing shared knowledge from mere agreement
The moderator–mediator variable distinction in social psychological research
The moderator-mediator variable distinction in social psychological research
Climate‐Science Communication and the Measurement Problem
Media Use and Political Predispositions
Motivated Skepticism in the Evaluation of Political Beliefs
Neutralizing the Effect of Political Worldviews by Communicating Scientific Agreement
The Experience of Consensus
Biased assimilation and attitude polarization
When authorities' commands backfire
The case for motivated reasoning
A study of normative and informational social influences upon individual judgment
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,67 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |